I'm hoping this is just a stage but every no, regardless of tone of voice leads to a meltdown. And when she gets super excited about something like she did about watching TCG use the snow plow this morning, she can't seem to calm herself down and doesn't want hugs or snuggles.

Wow, y'all are all very high scoring.

I suspected I was on the spectrum; interesting to see it confirmed.

I'd be curious to see how a more comprehensive test distinguished various factors - with the test as it is, I could see someone who is very introverted getting a moderately high score.

I'm surprisingly good at superficial small talk if I can get myself into the mood where I'm consciously attempting to deceive people I don't know that I'm a courteous person who cares about what they have to say. With people I know or people whose opinion I care about, I always feel like I'm imposing on them with inanities.

18. Little or no. Who knew that my lack of attention span would keep me out of something?

I'd be curious to see how a more comprehensive test distinguished various factors - with the test as it is, I could see someone who is very introverted getting a moderately high score.

I was thinking this as well; like, I can do smalltalk, I just don't like it. So is that "abnormal"? Are there people who actually LIKE smalltalk? And one that was "Do your friends often tell you...?" And I thought, "No. But because my friends are nice people, not necessarily because it isn't true." So, yeah, introvert probably mucks up the scale a little.

I'm surprisingly good at superficial small talk if I can get myself into the mood where I'm consciously attempting to deceive people I don't know that I'm a courteous person who cares about what they have to say. With people I know or people whose opinion I care about, I always feel like I'm imposing on them with inanities.

Also, what Connie said.

Also, a lifetime of observance, mimicry, and rehearsal helps me pass as more normal or ordinary. Some recovery after a half-hour of pretending normalcy in a friendly, crowded room is expected from an introvert, but the autistic garnish on the introvert sundae adds loads to recovery time.

Several of those answers were skewed because of trained and learned behavior. Asked differently, they'd have gotten significantly different responses.

No one has ever commented on my behavior, but for all I know people get together to shake their heads and mutter disparagingly of me.

It's the nonplussed expression, the momentary silent gap in conversation, and the side-eye stare that does it.